Winning bidder will receive two tickets to any show in SpeakEasy Stage Company's 2015-2016 season.  The certificate is redeemable for any Wednesday, Thursday or Friday evening performance, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved after 10/5/15.  Expires 5/31/16. 

SpeakEasy Stage Company's mission is to connect, inspire, and challenge our audiences with the most socially relevant theatrical premieres featuring the most talented artists in Boston.

• We believe that live theater must be an intimate and entertaining experience. We strive to go above and beyond for our audience to create an environment that is professional, comfortable, and fun.


• We focus on producing quality theatre performances while fostering teamwork and efficiency to achieve excellence.


• We trust each other and treat all of our artists, volunteers, and patrons with respect, courtesy, compassion, and honesty.

Now entering our 20th Anniversary Season, SpeakEasy Stage Company has distinguished itself as Boston's premiere theater, consistently winning acclaim for presenting top-quality productions of vital, cutting-edge plays and musicals. SpeakEasy's artistic success has garnered us numerous awards, including five Elliot Norton Awards in 2010. We also received the 2008 StageSource Theatre Hero Award for our dedication to nurturing and supporting Boston area theatre artists and for our leadership and inspiration to the theatre community of Greater Boston. SpeakEasy was named the Pavilion Resident Theater for the Boston Center for the Arts in 2007 and produces 28 weeks of new plays and musicals each season at the Nancy and Ed Roberts Studio Theater.

SpeakEasy's shows make the South End a destination for artists, tourists, and theatre patrons. We are committed to keeping theater vital in Boston through our longstanding tradition of intimate, live performances. SpeakEasy is dedicated to fostering the development of young audiences, artists, and arts administrators, and we nurture their growth over time. We are proud to employ more than 125 Boston-based actors, designers, and production staff annually.

We encourage you to become a member of SpeakEasy's growing subscriber family. As a subscriber, you will enjoy the best seats and lowest possible prices for every show in our season. We'd also like to invite you to get involved with SpeakEasy by donating, auditioning or volunteering your time.

Whether it's your first season with us or your 20th, we guarantee you the finest theater Boston has to offer.

Please join us!

- Paul Daigneault
Producing Artistic Director

Awards:

The Elliot Norton Awards are presented annually by the Boston Critics Association to recognize achievement in the Greater Boston theatre community. The Norton Awards include more than a dozen awards to honor outstanding productions, performers, directors and designers in Boston.

2010

SpeakEasy stage was nominated for eight Elliot Norton Awards this year and won five. Thank you to everyone who helped make this season great!

• Outstanding Musical Production - “Adding Machine: A Musical"


• Oustanding Production by a Midsize Company - “The Savannah Disputation"


• Outstanding Director, Midsize Company - Paul Melone, “Adding Machine: A Musical”


• Outstanding Design, Midsize, Small or Fringe Company - “Adding Machine: A Musical,” Susan Zeeman Rogers (set design), Gail Astrid Buckley (costume design), Jeff Adelberg (lighting design), Aaron Mack (sound design)


• Outstanding Ensemble - “The Savannah Disputation"

2009

Irne Awards

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards were founded by Beverly Creasey of the Journal Newspapers and Larry Stark of TheaterMirror in 1997. The IRNE Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community

SpeakEasy was nominated for fourteen Irne Awards this year, including Best Director of a Play and Best Director of a Musical (Paul Daigneault). SpeakEasy took home two Irne Awards this year. Congratulations to all on a wonderful season!!!

• Best Actress (Play) - Marianna Bassham in "Reckless" and "Blackbird"


• Best Supporting Actor (Musical) - Timothy John Smith in "Jerry Springer The Opera"

2009

SpeakEasy Stage tied the Huntington Theatre Company for top honors, each taking home four trophies, when the 27th annual Elliot Norton Awards were handed out on Monday night, May 11. Here is a list of the SpeakEasy winners.

• Outstanding Director, Midsize Company - Scott Edmiston for The History Boys and The Light in the Piazza; also for directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric Stage)


• Outstanding Actress, Small/Midsize Company - Marianna Bassham, Blackbird


• Outstanding Ensemble - The Seafarer


• Outstanding Design, Small/Midsize Company - Janie E. Howland for The History Boys (set); also for designing the set for Eurydice (New Rep)

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

2008

• Boston Theatre Hero Award presented by StageSource


• Outstanding Director Midsize Company, Paul Daigneault - Parade, Some Men, and Zanna, Don't!


• Outstanding Actor, Maurice Parent - Some Men

2007

• Outstanding Musical Production - Caroline or Change

2006

• Outstanding Production, Midsize Company - Five By Tenn


• Outstanding Director, Midsize Company - Scott Edmiston for Five by Tenn

2003

• Outstanding Musical Production - Bat Boy: The Musical


• Outstanding Director, Local Fringe Company - Paul Daigneault for Bat Boy: The Musical and Passion

2002

• Outstanding Actress, Small Company - Laura Latreille, The Shape of Things

1999

• Outstanding Musical Performance - Bridget Beirne, Violet

1997

• Outstanding Production by a Local Fringe Company - suburbia

1996

• Outstanding Production by a Local Fringe Company - Jeffrey

Additional Accolades for SpeakEasy

• Resident Theatre Company of the Boston Center for the Arts 1998-2008.


• Named "Boston's Best Fringe Theatre" by the Improper Bostonian, 2004 & 2005.

Link is www.speakeasystage.com